Have you joined in with the monthly Craft and Connect creative challenge yet? You still have until 5pm on Friday 31st May (UK time) to enter – don’t miss out on the fun, and of course, your opportunity to win a gift voucher to the My Perfect Stamp store and a guest design spot for a future challenge!

If you need reminding, all of the challenge details are here: https://www.craftandconnect.co.uk/blogs/news/craft-and-connect-creative-challenge-may-2024-sketch-challenge

I went live on Instagram (over @card_days_night) at the weekend to create another card for this month’s challenge, and I decided to make a fun shaker! To check out the replay, click here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7ZewkzoMvE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Here are the supplies I used:

– Waffle Flower additional circles dies

– Lawn Fawn Eat Sleep & Be Merry clear stamp set (this was an exclusive Stamptember set, so it’s not available in stores)

– Cutter Bee scissors

– Concord and 9th black cardstock

– MFT Stamps Colorful Christmas paper pad

– MFT Stamps precision glue

– MFT Stamps Extreme Black ink (alcohol marker friendly)

– MISTI stamping tool

– Wow! Embossing Bright White super fine embossing powder

– Taylored Expressions clay snowflakes

– Lucy’s Cards White Orchid Sequin mix (similar to these)

– Foam tape roll

– Copic Markers in E44, E43, E42, E41 (sloth) and R20 (cheeks), and E27, E25 and E23 (branch), and RV14, RV14 and RV13 (hat)

– Neenah Classic Crest 110lb solar white cardstock

– Acetate sheets

I hope this inspires you to craft along this month – don’t forget to use the hashtag #craftandconnectchallenge so we can find your entries on social media.

Happy crafting!